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UNITED STATES Patented. July 28, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

DANA H. BENJAMIN, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO BARNES (it ERB COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA,

WEST VIRGINIA.

PENNSYLVANIA, A OORPQRATION OF METHOD OF IRO NING SHIRT- BOSOMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No..'734=,503, dated July 28, 1903.

Application filed March 5, 1902.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, DANA H. BENJAMIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of Lebanon, in the county of Lebanon and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain newand useful Improvements in Methods of Ironing Shirt-Bosoms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to an improved process of ironing shirt-bosoms and other articles by the application of heat and pressure upon the inside of the body to be ironedthatis to say, on the surface opposite to that that is exposed in the wearing.

Many articles of wearing-apparel are made with fanciful designs or figures on the outer surface, which are formed by a peculiar method of their weaving or are placed thereon by other processes the beauty of which would be entirely destroyed were the articles to be ironed or pressed in the ordinary manner by the application of a heated surface to the face of the garment.

By the process which I have inventedIam able to accomplish the desired results without interfering at all with the natural appearance of the exposed surface of the articles which I am ironing or pressingand at the 0 same time giving'itapeculiar dead? finish,

which renders it very attractive in appearance.

The method which I have devised can be carried out through the employment of various means. For instance, I can employ the machine which is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view of my apparatus. Fig. 2 is a side elevation. Fig. 3 isa o perspective view showing the application to the apparatus of the article which is being pressed. Fig. Ais a sectional View of the ironing-plate. Fig. 5 is a perspective View in detail of the stretching portion of my apparatus, and Fig. 6 is a detail of one part thereof, as are also Figs. 7 and 8.

Referring to the figures more in detail, A illustrates a suitable base of the apparatus. B represents a hollow pillar bolted thereto Serial No. 96,74 i. (No model.)

and supporting the main portion of the oper- 5o ating mechanism. On the top of this pillar and suitably bolted thereto is the ironing or heating plate 1, which is bolted to the top of the collar, as shown at 2, and is provided with the polished top surface. This I heating or ironing plate is a hollow structure, as particularly illustrated in Fig. 4. Inside of the pillar B is passed a steam or other heating pipe 3, which connects with opening 4 in the ironing-plate and by the pipe 5, as shown in Fig. 2, is brought to one end of the ironingplate at 5 whence the steam or other heating medium passes the length of the plate and outward through opening 6. The iron- I ing or heating plate 1 is madein oval form at its free end, so as to readily receive and support the yoke of the shirt or garment which is to be pressed or ironed. When the shirt or garment has been drawn in place substantiallyin themannerindicated in Fig. 8, Idraw against the garment the plate 7, which is supported on bar 8, which in turn is pivoted to the base 9 at 9. The inner edge of the plate 7 corresponds with the free edge of the heating-plate 1. At a point 10 on the bar SIpivotally attach the connecting-rod 11, which is carried over to the pillar B and there pivoted at 11 to a lever-arm 12, which in turn is pivoted at 13 to pillar B. The end of the connecting-rod 11 is bent, as shown at 10 in Fig. 2, so as to limit the movement of the lever 12, as shown in Fig. 3, so that when the pivot 11 has passed just below the horizontal line between points 13 and 10 the plate 7 will be held in contact with the heating or ironing plate 1 and hold the garment in place at that end. For clamping and holding the garment at the other end I provide a turnable bar with an adjustable clamp attached thereto, so that when the garment is brought over the 0 turnable bar and the clamp has been adj usted the bar and the clamp can be turned together and secured by a ratchet attachment and held in place.

Upon the side of the pillar B and near its 5 top and on the side opposite the pivoted bar 8 I fixedly attach a bracket 15, (shown particularly in Fig. 5,) the same being bolted to pillar B at 16. This bracket has bearings 17 at its ends, so as to support in said-bearings 17 the turnable bar 18. On this bar at one end I seat a clamp-bar 19, which is pivoted at 20 to the bar 18 in such a manner that when it is turned over it lies close to and parallel with the bar 18, and its end will slip into the opening 21 of a ring 22 on a collar 22, which is loosely mounted on the turnable bar 18. This collar has in one place a slot 23, which engages a pin 24, projecting from the bar 18, so that the movement of the collar 22 is limited. The collar 22 also bears a ring 22 on one side, with an opening 21 therein to receive the end of the clamp-bar 19. The inner periphery is eccentric to that of the periphery of the turnable bar 18, so that the ring 22 when turned will hold the clamp-bar 19 close to the turnable bar 18 and hold the garment tightly to the turnable bar 18 when the clamp-bar 19 has been put in place. At the left hand is shown a handle 25, which is fixedly attached to the turnable bar 18 and by which the same may be turned in its bearings. On the other end of the bar 18 I illustrate a ratchet-wheel 26, having teeth 26 adapted to be engaged and held by the ratchet-dog 27, which is pivoted at 28 to the bracket 15 and has the handle 29.

When the article to be pressed or ironed is slipped onto the ironing or pressing plate, the pivoted bar 8 brings plate 7 into contact with it by use of the lever-arm 12, so as to hold it in place at that point. The other end of the article-forinstance, the shirt, which is illustrated in the figures-is brought toward the operator, so as to dispose it in the shape and 'fashion which it is desired it shall receive,

and the free end is then brought over the turnable bar 18, clamped in place by the clamp-bar 19, and thus brought tightly and closelyinto contact with the heating orironing surface 1.

The article may be sized or starched at a proper time, and when it has been placed on the heating or ironing plate a damp sponge or cloth may be passed over it, so that the wrinkles may be taken out, and the surface to be finished may be given the exact disposition and appearance which it is desired shall be made permanent.

My process involves that improvement in the art of producing a dead exterior finish on shirt-bosoms and other fabrics which consists in stretching the moistened shirt-bosom over a heated metallic surface and maintaining the bosom under tension and in smooth fiat intimate contact with said surface with the face of the bosom to be finished exposed. The bosom is moistened and, if desired, starched or sized before it is applied to the smooth heated metallic surface or at any proper time, or the bosom can be moistened to the desired extent after it has been applied to the metallic surface, and is held stretched thereon by the operation of flattening and smoothing out the bosom by a wet or moistened sponge or fabric.

I have illustrated the use of my process in connection with a certain mechanical construction; but I do not limit myself to any particular device for accomplishing the resuits to be secured by my method, which relates particularly to the treatment of a surface by the application of its reverse side to a plate of a given conformation and the application of heat to that plate while the tension is applied to the article in its treatment.

Having described my process, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patcut, is--- 1. That improvement in the art of producing a dead exterior finish on shirt-bosoms which consists in stretching the moistened shirt-bosom over a smooth heated metallic surface and maintaining the same under tension and rubbing the same into smooth fiat intimate contact with said heated surface with the face of the bosom to be finished exposed, substantially as described.

2. That improvement in the art of producing a dead exterior finish on garments which consists in starching the fabric and maintaining the same under tension on a heated surface with the surface to be finished exposed and rubbing over the surface to be finished with a dampened soft substance,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

DANA H. BENJAMIN.

Witnesses:

LUTHER R. DEININGER, A. FRANK SELLGER. 

